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Corrupted Map File?

06-15-2008, 09:49 PM#1
Szythe
I just opened the map yesterday, and now when I try to open the map it gives me this error:

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It gives the same error whether I'm using the NewGen editor, or the plain editor that comes with the game. Has anyone encountered this issue before? And does anyone know a possible solution? If there is a piece in the MPQ of the map that's corrupt then I could possibly try to fix that part, but I have no idea which part it would be.

Edit: When I try to use an MPQ editing program, I get a "Error opening archive" error. None of the three MPQ programs I have are able to open the map file.
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06-15-2008, 10:19 PM#2
Captain Griffen
Can you run the map in WC3?
06-15-2008, 10:50 PM#3
Szythe
The map doesn't appear in the maps list. Here's the map file if anybody wants to take a crack at it:
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File type: w3xTimeTravel.w3x (163.6 KB)
06-15-2008, 11:43 PM#4
Toadcop
fucking "virus" is corrupting our files =O !?

lololololol.... did you viwed the file for example with notepad ? =))))

FUCKING NULL's there is nothing... ^ (maybe you have a fucking virus)

just a weak ago some crap "recoded" alot of my mp3 (>:-[ ) to fucked wma... (but it played sometimes).

or your HDD is getting corrupted (bad sectors) etc.
idk. anyway this file is nothing.
GL in discovering and fixing that problem !
06-16-2008, 03:31 PM#5
Toadcop
Litany WE CAN'T create an mpq composed out of nulls... if it crashes it will simply not create an archive at all.
06-16-2008, 06:06 PM#6
Rising_Dusk
If it's empty, it leads me to wonder what those 163.6kb are composed of. The obvious solution is to restart from a previous save point, this looks rather hopeless.
06-16-2008, 07:28 PM#7
Toadcop
Quote:
it leads me to wonder what those 163.6kb are composed of
Quote:
FUCKING NULL's
...

null (0) is also a char =)
thats why it's weird...
06-16-2008, 08:02 PM#8
abriko
If you already tested the map by using CTRL+F9 from the WE, you have a back-up in "map/test" folder.
06-16-2008, 09:12 PM#9
Rising_Dusk
Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadcop
null (0) is also a char =)
thats why it's weird...
Huh, well okay, I guess that makes sense.
06-16-2008, 09:43 PM#10
Szythe
Quote:
Originally Posted by Litany
Have you looked in maps\test\ yet for the last version you tested?

I can't believe I forgot to check that! I found a perfectly up-to-date and working copy of the map in there. I guess that the map somehow got corrupted when my computer lost power while the WE was open...stupid batteries...

Anyway, thanks everyone for all the help!